▲ 99 ▼ Why Gen Z & Millennials are hung up on answering the phone (www.bbc.com) submitted 2 years ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.ml 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] 3aqn5k6ryk@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* Its a great feature but I'll do you one better (or orthogonal): There are apps that let you set block ranges so when you get a million calls from variations of something like 1-876-543-2109, you can block all of them with basically whatever granularity you need 1+ digits) It should be built in but you have to buy it for like $3-4, but absolutely worth it permalink fedilink source parent [–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago I have kids and sometimes it's important thing from a doctor/school/whatever that I want to get. However, I'm lucky that my cell phone area code is nowhere near where I live, so if I see an area code near my phones area code, I know it's almost certainly spam. If I get a call from near where I live, its almost certainly legitimate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* Its a great feature but I'll do you one better (or orthogonal): There are apps that let you set block ranges so when you get a million calls from variations of something like 1-876-543-2109, you can block all of them with basically whatever granularity you need 1+ digits) It should be built in but you have to buy it for like $3-4, but absolutely worth it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago I have kids and sometimes it's important thing from a doctor/school/whatever that I want to get. However, I'm lucky that my cell phone area code is nowhere near where I live, so if I see an area code near my phones area code, I know it's almost certainly spam. If I get a call from near where I live, its almost certainly legitimate. permalink fedilink source parent